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With cooler weather, corn may look shorter but is more developed than it seems. Accurate growth staging is essential, especially with herbicide restrictions tied to leaf stages.

Farming annual crops, like wheat and corn, requires high input costs and can degrade soil over time. Perennial crops, however, have deep roots that can lower farming costs by conserving nutrients ...

Additional nodal roots can form at the nodes above ground and are referred to as “brace roots.” When corn is planted at the recommended seeding depth of 2”, the nodal roots will establish about ¾” ...

Planting corn at a depth of 2” when soil moisture is adequate is ideal for nodal root development, according to Paul Yoder, Pioneer field agronomist. Nodal roots are vital for structural support ...

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The U of I has developed a system to measure corn roots by looking at the angle of the roots and root ball depth. “The root ball is 85% of the business end of the plant,” Sible said.